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Daily News Digest, Features, News - May 22, 2020

Travel questions for Colombian pros, cycling Monopoly: Daily News Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers. The weekend is inching closer. Are you making any plans (even if that’s just putting in some time on the trainer or in a Zoom chat with friends)? The peloton’s many Colombian stars may be busy planning too, now …

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Ten things we wish we knew when we started riding

There’s always an upside to pretty much anything. And for these crazy times that we find ourselves in at the moment, it seems to be that cycling is going gangbusters. Every bike shop owner you talk too will probably tell you that they’ve been bombed. The uptake of cycling across the world has exploded. We …

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Features, Podcast, Podcasts - May 22, 2020

CyclingTips Podcast: Froome on the move and SRAM’s future drivetrains

We take a break from our Roadmap Episodes this week (they’ll be back next week) to bring you a news roundup, including doping positives and rumors that Chris Froome is looking to change teams. Plus, a chat with SRAM about the future of its drivetrains. Wider? Lower? Where are we going? Then, we talk to former …

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Cannondale’s 2021 Scalpel is a more capable cross country race machine

Cannondale’s Scalpel is to cross country racing what tea is to hot water. The two just go hand-in-hand, and even way back in 2001, the Scalpel was a full suspension bike never far from a World Cup podium spot. For 2021 Cannondale is overhauling the Scalpel once again. It’s still a bike designed to win …

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Can Zwift solve its cheating problem?

If you’ve ridden Zwift, and certainly if you’ve ever raced on the platform, you’ve likely seen them. The amateurs blowing past with Cancellara watts; the B-category race winners who, based on their apparent power output, should be in talks with Ineos. Cheaters. Some intentional, some unintentional, all skewing the numbers and getting ahead. The very …

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